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Below is the May 2019 Calendar for Huntsville AL' s  Copper Top Dive N Dine   (Thanks, Salina Brilla!) Every Weds. is Open Mic Comedy Every Thurs. is Shitty Records with Carsten *means the performance will be on the stage area All other shows will be in the room. Fri. May 3rd:   The Moose , Evince,  Higher'n Hell , and Savant Harde Facebook Event Page Sat. May 4th:  My Last Trace  and  IDLE   Facebook Event Page * Fri May 10th:  Heel Turn , Golden Flakes , Drop Diver , and  Bleaker   Facebook Event Page Sat. May 11th: As A Friend , Strangers You Talk To , and Free Candy   Facebook Event Page Fri. May 17th: Nordista Freeze , HunniVega , Drop Diver , and  Aaron Bradley Facebook Event Page *Sat. May 18th:   Pray For Tomorrow , 3 Minutes To Live , Vaalbara , Grimmwood , and  Annihilism Facebook Event Page Brought to us by To The Stage Productions. Fri. May...

On March 6th, 2019, Nowhere Squares played Saturn in Birmingham, AL. As always, they put on a fantastic show!                                             All Photographs by Jessie Lyn Matz .                                                        Used With Permission.

Below is the April 2019 Calendar for Huntsville AL's Copper Top Dive N Dine . "*" means the show will take place on the stage. Every Wednesday is Open Mic Comedy. Every Thursday is Shitty Records with Carsten.  The Schedule is Subject to Change (So Check Back Often) 4/5 Fri:   False Jasmine , Bloodyak , No Culture , and  Young Robot   4/6 Sat:   Year of October , Safeword , and  Swiss Army Brat 4/12:   Kamber , Lloyd Thompson, Drop Diver , and Ally Free 4/13: Living Easy Productions Presents 4/14:   WhiskeyDick and Abraham and the Old Gods . Bonnie's Birthday Bash! *4/19:   Espermachine and  Solemn Shapes *4/20: Hip Hop w/  CodeName UnderGround 4/26:   Burnt Toast and  Trash Cats *4/27:   The Go-Go Killers , Friendly Fingermen , The Mighty Jabronis , and  The Boneyard Mafia Copper Top Dive N Dine is located at 200 Oakwood Ave NE Ste Q, Huntsville, AL, 35811

    Hard to believe that it's been well over a year since the passing of Faith No More's former singer Chuck Mosley. The wounds are still fresh, due in no small part to that fact that he was in the midst of a really successful grassroots comeback.     Chuck had always shown a love of acoustic performance, dating back to his days with FNM. In fact, his desire to include more acoustic work with the band reportedly was a subject of some consternation. And, of course, there are acoustic-y songs on 2009's solo album Will Rap Over Hard Rock for Food (and its rawer, better , brother, 2016's Demos For Sale). While those songs are much loved by many fans, I've always felt like they were somehow lacking. I'm usually more of a "plugged-in" full-band kinda guy, so no surprise or need for introspection there. It wasn't until I heard Chuck performing with Douglas Esper's Indoria, that I started to get what the fuss was about. Then I saw videos of t...

    While pop punk isn’t exactly a genre one associates with Alabama , the state actually had a pretty good roaster of bands back during the pop - punk - with - breakdowns wave from around 2008-2012. The state boasted Carridale who had a bit of success nationwide and virtually every scene in the state had a talented pop punk act or two , with even Gadsden boasting solid ones like Apollo 11 and Off By A Long Shot. Unfortunately , since about 2014 though we’ve ha ve been in a bit of a rut when it comes to the genre. While the state has enjoyed a bit of an uptick in more traditional punk bands American Secrets seems poised to break the states pop punk dry spell. The four piece 's first release Wasn’t Our Season boasts six tracks of solid songs falling on the very poppy spectrum of pop punk that may remind devoted southern pop punk fans of TN’s On My Honor. The EP opens with the title track Wasn’t Our Season which gives listeners a good introduction of what they’re in for...

    I promised a bazillion folks a while back that we'd be updating this site on a more consistent basis. Turns out I was mistaken. Until NOW! Well, this is the first post in almost a month, but after " NOW!", we'll be posting articles of various lengths, subject matters, and uh... quality far more often. My relatively meager dream is for us to post new content every day. Probably be closer to 5 days a week, but we'll see what happens.       Like everyone who is reading this, we have lives outside of this creative little box. As I've said many times, life interrupts art. Sometimes things take longer than initially planned. Disappointment and rigidity of concept are two killers of the any process. The creator will become disappointed that things are not working out according to the original plan or not meeting the original deadline. Especially if the deadline is self-imposed, it would be better for that creator to adjust their expectations. You don't have...

    This one's been out for a while. I hope it doesn't look like I'm reviewing it now because of all the damn moth memes on social media! Because this really is a fuckin' great album. The dudes know their doom and they know their hard rock, and they know how pump fuckin' energy into it. What I mean is there is more than just sluggish riffage and lazy haze. There are real actual SONGS happening. They understand that playing slow isn't enough. Opener "Tell Them That I'm Not Home" is about as perfect of a start as one could imagine. And a perfect illustration of my point. The song starts metally but gets catchy and kinda deep, then wraps in way that reminds me of the softer moments from Sabbath's Paranoid album. Kinda hate that I've mentioned Sabbath, because honestly what I love is how this is a real modern band that isn't some by-the-numbers throw-back. Investigate for yourself. -Harmless Moth Face on Bandcamp